“You know they love me,” he said.
“Not this bunch.” Teddy drew her hand back, putting the slips beyond his reach. “They gave me more information than I could squeeze onto the paper. Let me tell you what’s not here.”
He rested his arm on top of the podium and settled in.
Teddy was an avid collector of information on all her coworkers. The trade-off for giving up his personal privacy was a steady flow of fresh gossip.
He breathed in the scent of her favorite breath mints and said, “Go on.”
“First off, Valerie called. Little Jackie discovered this morning that she’d come home minus her stuffed lemur. Your ex-wife says you know very well your daughter will keep whining until she has Ringtail back.” Teddy glanced up. “I take it you had the kids for Christmas?”
“Yep. We spent four days at
